Drag Racing at SCC
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Jimmy Black, Darwin Maness, Alex Cameron, and Dan Kryszczuk of the Automotive Program at Sandhills Community are seen with a dragster donated to the department by Joe Kelly and the Kelly Auto Museum. Beginning this fall motorsports racing enthusiasts will have an opportunity to turn their passion into a profession. Sandhills Community College, in conjunction with the Rockingham Dragstrip, will offer the course "Selected Topics in Drag Race Vehicle Preparation." Thurman Exum, Director of Motorsports Management at NC A&T, will be the instructor. Exum's credentials include a long career in drag
racing. A native of Seven Springs in eastern NC, Exum and his brother often took the family car out for spins, many times breaking it in the process. He was inclined to learn how to repair the vehicle, since, "The only way we got a chance to ride again was to fix what we broke."
Sandhills Community College will be the site of the classroom portion of the course on its Pinehurst campus in Sirotek Hall on Friday evenings. The lab portion will be taught on Saturday mornings at the Rockingham Dragstrip. The Rockingham Dragstrip, which is a different entity than the speedway, is affectionately known as "The Rock." Steve Earwood, the owner of "The Rock" has been important in the development of the new course. "His enthusiasm and support made this course possible," said Alex Cameron, Department Chair of Transportation Systems at Sandhills. For more information, contact Alex Cameron at (910) 695-3958 or camerona@sandhills.edu.
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